The Business of Dentistry Podcast
Bodcast - delivers you expert advice on how to make your dental practice a more profitable and sustainable business. Featuring interviews with key industry figures, hints and tips on a variety of subjects from wellbeing in dentistry to analysis of the dental landscape, along with real-life experiences of dental teams, there’s plenty to intrigue, inform and entertain.
Episodes
Amy Hansford, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan catches up with Ulrika Skalberg, Dentist and Practice Owner at Teeth on the Heath, to talk about the growth in plan membership at the practice and the benefits.
What you’ll hear:
- How the plan has benefitted the practice
- How the practice have grown it's plan patients over the years
- How to get all the ...
Hazel Dockery sits down with Gemma Starkey, better known as Miss Social, to dive into the world of TikTok, explore why dental practices should be on the platform, and uncover the most effective ways to create and share content.
What you'll hear:
- Gemmas background in dentistry
- Why practices should use TikTok
- Types of content to post
- Following different accounts and syn...
Nigel Jones, Director at Practice Plan Group, is joined by Andy Acton, Director at Frank Taylor and Associates to talk about some of the challenges of being an independent practice owner and how to make owning a practice more enjoyable and ultimately successful.
What you’ll hear:
- Current challenges of running a dental practice
- Opportunities for practice owners
Fern Jackson is joined by Nina Farmer, a dental therapist and nutritionist, to explore the transformative power of nutrition and share practical tips for enhancing overall health.
What you’ll hear:
- How does nutrition affect our overall health
- Common nutritional deficiencies
- Preventative measures for maintaining good oral health
- Simple dietary changes to improve overall health.
For more information from Nina visit her i...
Hazel Dockery catches up with Gemma Starkey, otherwise known as Miss Social, to talk about LinkedIn and how to best use the platform.
What you’ll hear:
- Benefits of LinkedIn
- Building a presence on the platform
- Producing newsletters
- Types of content to share and repost
- How regularly to post.
To find out more visit https://www.misssocial.co.uk/
Nigel Jones, Director at Practice Plan Group, is joined by Mike Blenkharn, Partner and Head of Dental at UNW LLP, to discuss the rising costs for dental practices and improving profitability.
What you’ll hear:
- Impact of latest budget on NHS and private dental practices
- Impact on staff and recruitment
- Exit strategies
- Benchmarking and financi...
Katrina James, Area Manager at Practice Plan, is joined by Louise Anderson, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, to look at the current dental landscape in Wales and common issues practices are facing.
What you’ll hear:
- Overview of the current landscape
- How NHS dentistry operates in Wales
- Knock on effects of trying to reach targets
- Recruitment and retention issues
- Conditions for 6% pay uplift for NHS dentists
- Additional ...
Hazel Dockery from Practice Plan is joined by Hannah Burrow and Jay Shah, Founders of Kiroku, to discuss the ethical side of AI and what to consider when implementing it into your business.
What you’ll hear:
- What defines Ai
- Some of the biggest misconceptions
- How Ai has improved efficiency or decision making in practice
- The ethical challenges around Ai
- How can practices ensure their data practices are secure and responsible
- Tho...
Donna Hall, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan shares her top tips for attracting new and existing patients to your membership plan.
What you’ll hear:
- How to communicate plan benefits to new and existing patients
- Common concerns from patients about joining a plan
- Importance of the patient journey and involving the clinicians.
Wesleyan Financial Services Regional Manager for Dental, Simon Cosgrove, talks to Chris Nicholson, Regional Support Manager for Practice Plan about the impact of the October 2024 budget and how practices can mitigate rising costs by reviewing their plan fees.
This podcast is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
Please bear in mind that advi...
In the second episode of our brand-new series, “In the Loupe”, Nigel Jones, Director at Practice Plan Group sits down with Paul Graham, Managing Director of Medical team at Christie & Co, to discuss the current state of the dental practice sales market. What you’ll hear:
- Trends over the last few years
- Growth in smaller corporate groups
- Focus on quality of sites rather than quantity
- The impac...
Hazel Dockery catches up with Gemma Starkey, otherwise known as Miss Social, to talk about Instagram and how to best use the social media platform.
What you’ll hear:
- Introduction to Gemma
- Benefits of Instagram and its demographics
- Follow local accounts and attractions
- Potential pitfalls
- Different types of content
Hazel Dockery from Practice Plan catches up with Fiona Elwood, Executive Director at the Society of British Dental Nurses, to discuss feeling safe at work and ways to improve psychological safety in practice.
What you’ll hear:
- Overview of Fiona’s career
- Definition of psychological safety and the benefits
- How to implement in practice
- Having ...
Donna Hall, Regional Support Manager at Practice plan is joined by Jane Mead, Finance Director at Elegant Smiles, to discuss their journey of multiple NHS conversions and the benefits of moving their group of practices to one plan provider.
What you’ll hear:
- Elegant Smiles' conversion journey
- Transitioning four practices from NHS to private
- The benefits f...
Introducing our brand-new series, “In the Loupe.” In this first episode, Nigel Jones, Director at Practice Plan Group sits down with Eddie Crouch, Chair of the BDA, to explore predictions for the future of dentistry in 2025.
What you’ll hear:
- Key milestones for 2025
- Workforce problems
- NHS dentistry tie-in for graduates.
Hazel Dockery from Practice Plan is joined by John Greenshaw, Owner and Director of Merlin Telecommunications Ltd, to discuss the upcoming changes to UK telecoms systems, how it will impact dental practices and action to take.
What you’ll hear:
- What is the big switch off?
- Action to take now
- New opportunities for practices
- The benefits of the new systems.
In this latest Bodcast, Deborah Bell, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, shares an effective questioning technique that many of her practices have found beneficial when communicating and building rapport with patients.
What you’ll hear:
- Importance of asking open questions
- Different uses in practice
- Building rapport with patients
- Patient testimonials.
Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan shares his top tips for boosting creativity at home and in the workplace.
What you’ll hear:
- What is creativity?
- Stimulate ideas by challenging and alternatives
- Quantity vs quality
- Setting stretch goals
- Creativity in practice
- Having creative hobbies
- Be...
Wesleyan Financial Services Specialist Financial Adviser Karen Watson-Brown talks to Monica Pacult about retirement planning for dentists, in particular looking at the option of partial retirement versus retiring, then returning to work and how both options will impact pensions.
For more information go to https://www.wesleyan.co.uk.
This podcast is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
Tax treatme...
In this latest episode of Bodcast, host Laura Hills from Practice Plan is joined by Hannah Whitworth, Dental Nurse Development Manager, to talk about the diverse career paths available for dental nurses and how to unlock a world of possibilities in the dental industry.
What you’ll hear:
- Hannah’s own journey in dentistry
- The challenges dental nurses face, particularly the...
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